User Experience Architect - 6 openings.

Contract to hire, Or Permanent/Full time roles.

Fortune 500 client.  Chicago, IL.

Job Description & Skills:

Please Note:  will require samples/ links / portfolio of completed projects.

Works as the primary partner with Product Management, Engineering, and Merchandising to identify and understand opportunities. Collaborates with Copy, Visual Design, Front-end development, Research, and Engineering to drive elegant solutions that meet customer and business expectations.

Major Responsibilities

§      Understand competitive landscape within core area of responsibility

§      Collaborate with Product Management on creation of creative briefs and/or product requirements documentation

§      Conceptualize opportunities and experiences using sketching, storyboarding, information modeling, and other methods

§      Refine and document experiences in frameworks, site maps, page flows, interaction models and wireframe specifications  

§      Actively participate in design reviews at every stage of the process

§      Address and facilitate resolution of interaction issues on the site

§      Actively engage in ongoing comparative and competitive analysis of the SHC properties and competition

§      Adopt and support established discipline guidelines and standards and participate in creating new ones as needed.

§      Contribute to evolving UX pattern and component library.

§      Participate in planning UX tasks, deliverables and timelines.

looking for:

•       Minimum 5 years’ experience in design for web, mobile and other electronic disciplines

•       College Degree in HCI, Industrial or Interactive Design, or equivalent experience

•      Emphasis in Human-centered design, grounded in human fundamentals: human factors, anthropology, rhetoric, cognitive psychology,

•       You MUST have a strong understanding of user experience design process and interaction design to be considered

•       You MUST have experience conducting user research, concept testing, and usability testing to develop user personas and scenarios and translating them into design decisions  

•       Ability to prioritize multiple design projects in a fast paced environment.  

•       Comfortable working in an Entrepreneurial environment

•       Strong knowledge of User Centered Design and product development methodologies

•       Strong knowledge of all of the software required (visio, graffle, axure)

•       Understands the concept and practice of “Responsive” web design

•       Has and maintains a Pintrest, Tumblr, Twitter or Facebook account

•       Background knowledge in Content Management Systems